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Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

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  • A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.
  • A finger marked with a "lost property" sign, as a warning of the danger of looms to textile workers. Gouache painting attributed to John Bonella Third, 1949.
  • A boy walking with crutches, held in the palm of a hand, representing the responsibility of the motorist to avoid hitting pedestrians. Gouache painting by John Bonella Third, 1949.
  • An infected hand being raised in salute to a skull, representing the fatal effect of septicaemia. Lithograph after Pat Keely, 1943.
  • German soldiers in World War II representing germs invading a wound, British soldiers representing white corpuscles resisting and capturing them. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.
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    • Books

    So you think you're safe at home? / Produced by the Consumer Safety Unit of the DTI with ... the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

    | Date: 1992
    • Books

    Hands off! : how to stop children getting burns from cookers and heaters / written by the Gas and Electricity Consumers' Councils and RoSPA.

    | Date: [Between 1990 and 1994]
    • Ephemera

    Stop accidents : the highway code is every road user's code : that means YOU : honour your code / RoSPA.

    | Date: [1960?]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.

    Mendoza, Philip. | Date: [1940?] | Reference: 680216i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An infected hand being raised in salute to a skull, representing the fatal effect of septicaemia. Lithograph after Pat Keely, 1943.

    Keely, Patrick Cokayne (Pat Keely), -1970. | Date: 1943 | Reference: 44448i
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